Like Bruce said, you can define a DataSource as part of your application's context. It's the same format as the context definition in server.xml except it's deployed with your application as an XML file (context.xml) inside the META-INF directory of the WAR.
Here's a link to explain how to do it: http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.0-doc/jndi-datasource-examples-howto.html They don't go into using context.xml but the same instructions can be applied to using the context.xml. On 12/26/05, Legolas Woodland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > Thank you for reading my post. > Is it possible to make a data-source without admin console ? > I mean by defining the data-source in web.xml or in Context.xml (i think > i read somewhere that we could put context.xml into meta-inf folder and > it will act like Context definition in admin console). > > is it mandatory that Tomcat shared library folder contain my database > jdbc driver to have data-source ? > I mean can we bundle , our JDBC driver inside war file and define the > data-source in war file too ? > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Virtually, Andre Van Klaveren Architect III, SCP Global Public Sector Unisys Corporation --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]